Abstract This study aimed to identify the main causal agent of cowpea seed rot and preemergence damping-off in Kerbala province and evaluate some indigenous biocontrol factors in comparison with biological and chemical commercial products in control of the pathogen. The results showed that the main cause of this disease was Rhizoctonia Read more
Abstract This study aimed to survey, molecular diagnosis and assessment effect of Aspergillus versicolor on the imported spruce wood Picea Canadensis Miller. in Karbala province, Iraq, and control it using Chromate Copper boron Chloride (CCB).. Result of survey showed that all imported woods were showing different level of brown rot symptoms in Kerbala province, Read more
Abstract The study was aimed to evaluate different controlling methods and agents including the nematicide Rugby, the bio-agents Trichoderma.harzianum and Trichoderma.atroviride, compost of poultry manure, cows and sheep dung. These agents were compared for their effect on nematode populations and plant growth parameters of olive infected plant. The results revealed that Rugby was Read more
Abstract The aim of the experiment was to study the causes of the deterioration of the prunus armeniaca L. apricot trees caused by the fungal infection in some orchards of the Al-Qantara, Al-Baydaa / Hosseinieh district/Karbala province in April 2017 and some methods of control. Results of the field survey showed that Prunus Read more
Abstract This study was carried out to identify the causal agent of root rot on date palm in major growing areas in Iraq. As well as, the efficiency of ZnO and MgO NPs were assessed against the pathogen. Microscopic examination and morphological characterization revealed that Fusarium sp. was present in all examined Read more
Abstract Field study was performed during the agricultural season of 2013/2014 at Al Hamdaniyya district in Nineveh governorate. The study included two approved varieties of barely cultivation; Iba’a 99 and Al Khair. These two varieties were artifically inoculated with Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), the infection was inflicted by resident Read more
Abstract Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, which is commonly known as Armenian cucumber is one of the most economically important species of the family Cucurbitaceae. In June of 2018, wilt symptoms were observed on Armenian cucumber plants in Fadhilia, Ninevah governorate, North of Iraq. The fungus was isolated from diseased tissues Read more
Abstract During insect surveys in June 2019 using yellow pan traps and sweep nets in agricultural areas of the Al Husayniya district of Karbala Governorate, three species of the economically important parasitoid genus Scelio were identified. Scelio howardi Crawford, S. striatus Priesner and S. variegatus Kozlov and Kononova all represent new records in Iraq. Read more
Abstract This study was carried out in an ordinarily field of common reed Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin, one of invasive perennial weed in Iraq. originally focused on investigating the feasibilityof an applied herbicide treatment by using systematic herbicides of glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl glycine) and fluazifop-butyl to control the common reed. Doses Read more
Abstract This study was conducted to isolate and identify Trichoderma harzianum Rifai and Rhizoctonia solani by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with the presence of the ITS1 and ITS4 primer pair. The study was also carried out to investigate the efficacy of rice husk compost fortified with the bio-control agent, T. harzianum for the resistance Read more
